Press Release

New 855,000-square-foot facility will create more than 2,000
full-time jobs

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2017--
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon today announced plans to open a new fulfillment
center in North Randall, Ohio, which will create more than 2,000
full-time associate roles with benefits and opportunities to engage with
Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace.

“Our ability to expand in Ohio is the result of two things: incredible
customers and an outstanding workforce in the state,” said Sanjay Shah,
Amazon’s Vice President of North American Customer Fulfillment. “We very
much appreciate the state and local elected leaders who have supported
Amazon’s arrival in North Randall and look forward to bringing more jobs
and investment in the coming months.”

Amazon currently employs more than 4,500 full-time hourly associates at
its two existing Ohio fulfillment centers in Etna and Obetz.

“Along with Team NEO and the Village of North Randall, the Cleveland
Port Authority, and the Greater Cleveland Partnership, we are pleased to
partner with Amazon to revitalize and bring jobs back to a property that
has stood vacant for too long,” said JobsOhio President and Chief
Investment Officer John Minor. “Amazon’s investment at a site where the
nation’s largest shopping mall once stood will now support digital
retail jobs.”

Amazon employees at the more than 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center
will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items such as electronics,
toys and books.

“Words cannot begin to express what Amazon’s commitment to the
development of its fulfillment center means for the Village of North
Randall,” said Mayor David Smith. “This is a generational project that
not only redefines the future of our community but the future of more
than 2,000 Cuyahoga County residents who will be employed at the
facility.”

Full-time employees at Amazon receive highly-competitive pay, health
insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company
stock starting on day one. The company offers up to 20 weeks of paid
leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which
give new parents flexibility with their growing families. Amazon also
offers hourly employees its Career Choice program which helps train
employees for in-demand jobs at Amazon and other companies so they can
prepare for the future and take full advantage of the nation's
innovation economy. The program pre-pays 95% of tuition for courses in
in-demand, high-wage fields, regardless of whether the skills are
relevant to a future career at Amazon. Over 10,000 employees have
participated in Career Choice and more are signing up every day.

The project is being developed in partnership with Seefried Industrial
Properties.

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